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Estimating damages from price-fixing: The value of transaction data

We use a unique private data set of about 340,000 invoice positions from 36 smaller and larger customers of German cement producers to study the value of such transaction data for an estimation of cartel damages. In particular, we investigate, first, how structural break analysis can be used to identify the exact end of the cartel agreement and, second, how an application of before-and-after approaches to estimate the price overcharge can benefit from such rich data sets. We conclude that transaction data allows such a detailed assessment of the cartel and its impact on direct customers that its regular application in private antitrust cases is desired as long as data collection and preparation procedures are not prohibitively expensive.

Language: Englisch

Bibliographic citation: Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 12-036

Classification: Wirtschaft

Subject: antitrust policy
private enforcement
cartels
overcharge
damages
cement
Zementindustrie
Kartell
Zement
Preis
Umsatz
Soziale Kosten
Schätzung
Deutschland

Event: Geistige Schöpfung

(who): Hüschelrath, Kai
Müller, Kathrin
Veith, Tobias

Event: Veröffentlichung

(who): Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

(where): Mannheim

(when): 2012

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/59525

URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-323181

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Hüschelrath, Kai
Müller, Kathrin
Veith, Tobias
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

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2012

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